., the austin, texas blues boy. tavis: pancho sanchez. >> pancho sanchez. tavis: sheila e. >> sheila. tavis: you've got them all, man. you called in some favors on this one. speaking of calling in favors, i guess one of the reasons why you can do that, as i said at the top, you have played with just about anybody who was everybody. >> i've played with a lot of people. tavis: yeah. why so many collaborations? it's a beautiful thing, but for you, why so many collaborations over the years? >> well, all these great people bring out the best in me. [laughter] tavis: when you say it brings out the best in you, let me ask another way. is there a particular genre that brings out the best in you? you can play this hammond b-3 behind anybody, or with anybody, but what brings out, what kind of music brings out the best in you? >> the truth is there's more than one genre. gospel music was the first for me, and then just around the corner was the blues that i loved, around the corner on beale street. i spent many hours there. then there was the classical music that my m